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I've never been happy with them, really. Don't think i've ever bought a takeaway and not regretted it about halfway through. The portion sizes are well too big - all takeaways, most foods. Sure, some places offer different size potrions, but even just the standard one, that's too much greasy food for me, even for someone built like a proper man.

Not a problem, you just get one portion of something plus one rice and split it between two people, right? right? WRONG. For some reason this is frowned upon, even if you let the other person pick what it is.

If buying for more than two people, i try to use my loaf a bit - get, say, 3 portions of rice between 5 people. Again, frowned upon. Just looks like you're trying to save money.

It's fine, i think, you don't have to eat it all, just save a bit for tomorrow, but it doesn't really work. What sort of man are you if you have to leave a bit over 'til tomorrow?

Ideally, what i want, is portions to be around two thirds of the size they are now, and ideally for the price to drop thereafter. Are we agreed, or has the world made you so passive that you're happy enough with things as they are?

(too stodgy, prefer to save money making something from scratch, indie points etc)
but the other day i got one and jesus christ i almost had a hernia finishing it. was at a friend's house and just spent the night there in the end. between us just got a portion of singapore noodles, some crispy beef, a quarter duck and some dim sum. i'm no good at stopping eating and eat too fast and it was painful and rubbish.

really wants a bit of jalfrezi and a bit of korma but you're being a selfish prune and wanting to eat all the korma to yourself? What happens then? Would you rather have half a korma and a happy dining partner or a whole korma and a dining partner in tears because you won't share? Hmm? HMM!!

you only need one between two, we have no issues splitting it (but then we tend to have shared takeaways with other couples). Curries always look massive, but if you take out the chunks of meat/veg you realise it is mainly sauce. I have been known to save all the leftover sauces and freeze them, they can then be added to your own fried-up meat to make an authentic curry of your own. The problem with curries is all the stuff you end up buying around it - naans, samosas, sag aloo, popadoms.

Rice adds on a good few quid for a bunch of people, just boil up a whole bag at home for half the price of a takeaway portion. Certainly done my own chips in the oven also, our local curry house just gives you McCain's crinkle cut fries if you ask for a side of chips to go with your curry.